Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-02-26

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ergies took practical direction early
m life. At ten, he spent his summer
holidays working hard as erral.d boy in
a book store; at thirteen, he entered
the navy, and the following year, when
he left the service, he welt to seek
his fortune in the more metropolitan
sphere of Philadelphia.
W thout friends or money in strange
city, he again found work in book
store, where he was soon trusted as.
sistant. His good practical Judgment
made him valuable to his employer, who
deputed him to purchase books at auc.
tons, and sent him with tn $ object to
other cities. In four years, by dint OF
hard work and strict G onomy, he had
saved sufficient to enable him to open
small Office on his own account, in
corner Of the old Ledger building.
His business prospered, and two
years later he took another step in adj
vance. The book-publishing house of
Childs < Peterson was formed, and fol
several years it enjoyed ,areer OF
brilliant, if not uncheckered, success,
and a character and reputation second
to none. Among the list of works
brought ont by this house were Loss
ing's "Hitory OF tie Civil War;" ALI
bones Dictionary of English and
American Authors" which was dedi-
Gated to Mr.. Chi DIS; Familiar Sci
ence," compiled by his partner Mr..
Peterson; and MANY other stand
ard works. The greatest hit of all
was made by DR.. Elisha Kent Kane's
Arctic Explorations, which paid to
its author alone $4,000 as copyright
But NJ Childs' success ses as pub
Usher did not make him forget the
steadfast resolution Of his early years;
and an opportunity OF reali ing it was
now at hand.
The Pubic Ledger, which had
seemed so far above the struggling
youth who made up his mind to pos.
sess it, had fallen while he rose. 1t
had still as large circulation and adj
vertising p tronage as ever, but it was
no longer paying its way. 1t had been,
from its foundation i'll lc36, penny
journal; and when the war, which
doubled the cost Of production, had
caused its competitors to raise their
laTcs' 'lG He"9e' "'nereI TO us Ola
poiicy. ne hl""I6erS VINO hnd won
lIs early success hao now lCSI thelf
esip; anu que result was Il weekly loss
Vi r moouT T'iree 'no"S"nu doii"rs.
IniS olu not seem encouraging 10
puiohasel' ou1 i'.r. SplGs knew what
nc uo.lg' ana nao conhuehce IN ms
SomnS lios;a ~ ~ to p"PGL ~
came the solo nwnnr 81 l thn P n1 p
TeJ0s,. tba ,,,,ioo ,l1;1 io; .o "o''o
hundred and f;ftv thon, onI doI1ar,
and The dream of bis hovLoo5 WIS., 81
filled.
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saI,I esIy W tne management OF ms
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sra ne ~ n'Sn w a"iei I'Sin8 Tue IS
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onuo sly "neii ne 1ooN coh'loI ne mas
saneatia ay JA'auteu i'oi' IN, It's Columns an
ADVERTISEMENTS, eyrrvthing in shoyt
that coull offend the stri'test tosto
His attitude on pnbIic onestiore has
always been INDEPENDENT and Lonora,
ble He hos haep foarIos., o,li,nI,1,,.
of abnsas on1 w,a,,,, s,,,,,,ni.n,.
every GOOD conse At Tho ddma t;,na
be aiterod tba To1,o,.o ti,,o,,;ni ,,' liz
bv donblino the mica and rai sir lot ny
a3vertsing rate ma rood l'i ;,,l1a,,, one
of this course was snaoi;IT ',y y9 49, l,O
it's resnlts for tLa bpovU ios aiG $500 ~
mon ito fnrn,o,. ,,ranr;oiorS ~,o iH oIa
al into a stiII Iornor nrot;t was 0i''is
~ Cu,,, 80 -- SCI pi0"v'
. Mr. ohl,us was soon enabled to move
WIS olnces 70 tne large ana spiendldIy
'inpeo puiioihR AZ the corner OF
9lxth ana chestnut streets, VIII IRE the
Leager Is now published. lis opening,
when VINE took pace IN tie sumLler of
h hoo', was e. celebrated 9y a magnificent